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Species in the genus Atherina: [ 26 ] records


aegyptia, Atherina mochon var. Boulenger [G. A.] 1907:424, Fig. 31 [Zoology of Egypt: The fishes of the Nile; ref. 6510] Mediterranean Sea coast of Egypt; lakes Temsah and Menzaleh, Egypt. Syntypes: BMNH 1871.9.9.1 (32) Lake Temsah, 1907.12.2.2762-2771 (10), 1907.12.2.2782-2791 (10) Lake Menzaleh, (6) Mediterranean coast of Egypt (not found); MNHN 1907-0238 (6). Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1971:708 [ref. 21541]. •Synonym of Atherina boyeri Risso 1810 -- (Maugé 1986:277 [ref. 6218], Kottelat 1997:159 [ref. 22952], Miller 2003:47 [ref. 27342]). Current status: Synonym of Atherina boyeri Risso 1810. Atherinidae: Atherininae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

anterina, Atherina Nardo [G. D.] (ex Chiereghini) 1847:col. 127 [Sinonimia moderna delle specie registrate nell' opera intitolata: ...; ref. 17994] Not available, Chiereghini name mentioned in synonymy. •In the synonymy of Atherina boyeri Risso 1810 -- (Kottelat 1997:159 [ref. 22952]). Nomen Nudum. Current status: Synonym of Atherina boyeri Risso 1810. Atherinidae: Atherininae.

araea, Atherina Jordan [D. S.] & Gilbert [C. H.] 1884:27 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 7 (no. 402); ref. 12325] Key West, Florida, U.S.A. Lectotype: USNM 34967. Paralectotypes: CAS-SU 1870 (3), USNM 34967 ("typical specimens"). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:64-65 [ref. 12291]. Lectotype established (as figured specimen) in caption to Pl. 123, p. 3259 in Jordan & Evermann 1900 [ref. 2446] if figured specimen is identifiable; USNM now apparently only shows 1 specimen in 34967. •Synonym of Hypoatherina harringtonensis (Goode 1877). •Synonym of Atherina harringtonensis Goode 1877. Current status: Synonym of Atherina harringtonensis Goode 1877. Atherinidae: Atherininae. Habitat: marine.

athaerina, Athaerina Nardo [G. D.] 1827:33, 39 [Giornale di fisica, chimica e storia naturale, medicina, ed arti. (series 2) Dec. II, v. 10; ref. 3146] Istria, Croatia; Marseille, France; [Iviza] Ibiza, Balearic Islands, western Mediterranean Sea, Greece. Syntypes: ?MNHN. Original genus should have been Atherina, corrected by Nardo 1827:481 [ref. 19740]. Based in part on the Atherina of Rondeletius 1554:216, fig. [ref. 30354]; see Nardo 1827:39 [ref. 3146] and Nardo 1827:487 [ref. 19740]. •Synonym of Atherina hepsetus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Kottelat 1997:160 [ref. 22952], de Morais et al. 2016:2116 [ref. 34600]). Current status: Synonym of Atherina hepsetus Linnaeus 1758. Atherinidae: Atherininae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

bonapartii, Atherina Boulenger [G. A.] 1907:426 [Zoology of Egypt: The fishes of the Nile; ref. 6510] Gulf of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy, western Mediterranean Sea. Syntypes: BMNH 1906.11.10.6-8 (3). Based on Atherina mochon "of most Italian authors" and on "Latterino comune" of Bonaparte. •Valid as Atherina bonapartei [sic] Boulenger 1907 -- (Ninua & Japoshvili 2008:169 [ref. 31251]). •Synonym of Atherina boyeri Risso 1810 -- (Kiener & Spillmann 1973:577 [ref. 7217], Vasil'eva 1994: 618 [ref. 32016], Vasil'eva 1996: 203 [ref. 32017], Kottelat 1997:159 [ref. 22952] with question, Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:57 [ref. 26753], Miller 2003:47 [ref. 27342], de Morais et al. 2016:2115 [ref. 34600], Vasil'eva 2017:793 [ref. 35714]). Current status: Synonym of Atherina boyeri Risso 1810. Atherinidae: Atherininae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

boyeri, Atherina Risso [A.] 1810:338, Pl. 10 (fig. 38) [Ichthyologie de Nice; ref. 3755] Dept. du Var, France, northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Lectotype: MNHN A-4342 (70.6 mm SL). Paralectotypes: MNHN A-4342 (now 1, poor condition), MNHN B-860 (1, dry). Type catalog: Bertin 1945:376 [ref. 21554], Blanc & Hureau 1971:703 [ref. 21541]. Spelled boieri in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1835:xxiij, 432, Pl. 303 [ref. 1004]. Recognition of subspecies still in doubt; see Miller 2003:53-55 [ref. 27342]. Lectotype selected by Kottelat & Freyhof 2009:83 [ref. 30320]. •Valid as Atherina boyeri Risso 1810 -- (Kiener & Spillmann 1973:576 [ref. 7217], Quignard & Pras in Whitehead et al. 1986:1208 [ref. 13677], Maugé 1986:277 [ref. 6218], Mitrofanov & Dukravec 1989:93 [ref. 37748], Maugé 1990:604 [ref. 17126], Trabelsi et al. 1994:457 [ref. 22324], Vasil'eva 1994: 618 [ref. 32016], Coad 1995:26 [ref. 23608], Bianco et al. 1996:56 [ref. 26724], Vasil'eva 1996: 203 [ref. 32017], Kottelat 1997:158 [ref. 22952], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:746 [ref. 24702], Sokolov 1998:108 [ref. 23571], Coad 1998:103 [ref. 23869], Azeroual et al. 2000:20 [ref. 25366], Trabelsi et al. 2000:77 [ref. 25538], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:57 [ref. 26753], Miller 2003:47 [ref. 27342] in subgenus Hepsetia, Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:175 [ref. 28183], Golani 2005:27 [ref. 37112], Fricke et al. 2007:68 [ref. 29533], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:470 [ref. 29996], Vasil'eva 2007:65 [ref. 30517], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:33 [ref. 36649], Khalaf 2013:4 [ref. 37897], Parin et al. 2014:192 [ref. 33547], Barbieri et al. 2015:89 [ref. 35029], Çiçek et al. 2015:150 [ref. 35151], de Morais et al. 2016:2115 [ref. 34600], Saygun et al. 2017:186 [ref. 38891], Vasil'eva 2017:799 [ref. 35714], Artüz & Fricke 2019:554 [ref. 36612], Carneiro et al. 2019:197 [ref. 37250], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:94 [ref. 36864], Lorenzoni et al. 2019:251 [ref. 37108], Moreno-Borges et al. 2019:[4] [ref. 37107], Özuluğ & Saç 2019:24 [ref. 36599], Bariche & Fricke 2020:37 [ref. 37515], Bayçelebi 2020:760 [ref. 37964], Çiçek et al. 2020:257 [ref. 37644], Dyldin et al. 2020:93 [ref. 37569], Freyhof et al. 2020:5 [ref. 37614], Kovačić et al. 2020:29 [ref. 37519], Abliazov et al. 2021:9 [ref. 38576], Baikeche et al. 2021:959 [ref. 39080], Bañón & Maño 2021:63 [ref. 38883], Golani 2021:30 [ref. 38303], Kelleci et al. 2021:282 [ref. 38359], Kovačić et al. 2021:51 [ref. 39014], Niță et al. 2022:27 [ref. 40471], Çiçek et al. 2023:436 [ref. 40625], Çiçek et al. 2023:152 [ref. 40728], Saad et al. 2023:41 [ref. 40501], Shumka et al. 2023:36 [ref. 40747] as Atherinaboyeri, Çiçek et al. 2024:337 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Atherina boyeri Risso 1810. Atherinidae: Atherininae. Distribution: Southern North Sea; Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; Black Sea; Sea of Azov; eastern Atlantic: English Channel south to Mauritania, including Madeira and Canary Islands; introduced into lakes in Turkey. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

breviceps, Atherina Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1835:445 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 10; ref. 1004] Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Syntypes: MNHN A-4381 (3). Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1971:704 [ref. 21541]. •Valid as Atherina breviceps Valenciennes 1835 -- (Ivantsoff 1986:382 [ref. 6292], Skelton 1993:350 [ref. 24071], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:146 [ref. 25472], Ivantsoff & Crowley 1999:2113 [ref. 24783], Skelton 2001:350 [ref. 27406], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:124 [ref. 28072], Moreno-Borges et al. 2019:[4] [ref. 37107], Russell & van Oijen 2021:432 [ref. 38177], Kimura 2022:329 [ref. 39715]). Current status: Valid as Atherina breviceps Valenciennes 1835. Atherinidae: Atherininae. Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic, southwestern Indian Ocean: Walvis Bay (Namibia) south to Cape of Good Hope (South Africa), then north to KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa). Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

caspia, Atherina presbyter var. Eichwald [C. E. von] 1831:72 [Zoologia specialis quam expositis animalibus tum vivis Pars posterior [3]; ref. 5562] Caspian Sea. No types known. Also appeared as new in Eichwald 1838:100 [ref. 34622], as Atherina caspia. •Synonym of Atherina mochon Cuvier 1829 -- (Berg 1949:1003 [ref. 20662]). •Synonym of Atherina boyeri Risso 1810 -- (Maugé 1990:604 [ref. 17126], Coad 1995:26 [ref. 23608], Miller 2003:47 [ref. 27342], de Morais et al. 2016:2115 [ref. 34600]). •Synonym of Atherina boyeri Risso 1810, but a valid subspecies caspia Eichwald 1831-- (Mitrofanov & Dukravec 1989:94 [ref. 37748], Vasil'eva 1994: 618 [ref. 32016], Vasil'eva 1996: 203 [ref. 32017], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:746 [ref. 24702], Sokolov 1998:108 [ref. 23571] dated to 1838). •Valid as Atherina caspia Eichwald 1831 -- (Esmaeili et al. 2010:374 [ref. 33391], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:892 [ref. 34062], Esmaeili et al. 2017:89 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:71 [ref. 36089], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:271 [ref. 37983], Kuljanishvili et al. 2020:[4] [ref. 37535], Yogurtçuoglu et al. 2020:[14] [ref. 37627], Çiçek et al. 2023:437 [ref. 40625], Çiçek et al. 2024:338 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Atherina caspia Eichwald 1831. Atherinidae: Atherininae. Distribution: Eurasia: Caspian Sea basin. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

coroneda, Atherina Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810:57, Pl. 5 (fig. 4) [Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della Sicilia; ref. 3594] Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. Also appeared in Rafinesque 1810:36 [ref. 3595]. •Questionable synonym of Atherina boyeri Risso 1810 -- (Parenti 2019:100 [ref. 37117]). Current status: Uncertain as Atherina boyeri Risso 1810. Atherinidae: Atherininae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

harringtonensis, Atherina Goode [G. B.] 1877:297 [American Journal of Science and Arts (Series 3) v. 14 (no. 82) (art. 50); ref. 13360] Bermuda. Syntypes: USNM 21945 [ex Mus. Wesleyan Univ.] (43). •Valid as Hypoatherina harringtonensis (Goode 1877) -- (Robins & Ray 1986:111 [ref. 23100], Cervigón 1991:236 [ref. 24472], Cervigón 1992:263 [ref. 23827], Lavenberg & Chernoff in Fischer et al. 1995:900 [ref. 22829], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:884 [ref. 23897], Aguilera 1998:47 [ref. 24221] as harrinotomensis, Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:164 [ref. 25013], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:153 [ref. 27754], Dyer in Reis et al. 2003:513 [ref. 27061], Smith et al. 2003:14 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:99 [ref. 27807], García-Hernández et al. 2009:92 [ref. 37265], Page et al. 2013:101 [ref. 32708], Sasaki & Kimura 2012:5 [ref. 32345], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:31 [ref. 33341]). •Valid as "Atherina" harringtonensis Goode 1877 -- (Sasaki & Kimura 2014:3 [ref. 33189], Robertson et al. 2016:144 [ref. 34961]). •Valid as Atherina harringtonensis Goode 1877 -- (Robertson et al. 2020:151 [ref. 38098]). Current status: Valid as Atherina harringtonensis Goode 1877. Atherinidae: Atherininae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: including Gulf of Mexico. Habitat: marine.

hepsetus, Atherina Linnaeus [C.] 1758:315 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Mediterranean Sea. Syntypes: BMNH 1853.11.12.79 [Gronovius coll.] (1, skin), NRM 65 (5). Type catalog: Fernholm & Wheeler 1983:229-230 [ref. 20707] who suggested a putative lectotype to agree with current literature, Wheeler 1958:236-237 [ref. 13434]. •Valid as Atherina hepsetus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Kiener & Spillmann 1973:576 [ref. 7217], Quignard & Pras in Whitehead et al. 1986:1208 [ref. 13677], Maugé 1990:604 [ref. 17126], Kottelat 1997:160 [ref. 22952], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:58 [ref. 26753], Miller 2003:45 [ref. 27342], Fricke et al. 2007:68 [ref. 29533], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:470 [ref. 29996], Vasil'eva 2007:65 [ref. 30517], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:33 [ref. 36649], Parin et al. 2014:192 [ref. 33547], Çiçek et al. 2015:150 [ref. 35151], de Morais et al. 2016:2116 [ref. 34600], Vasil'eva 2017:795 [ref. 35714], Artüz & Fricke 2019:554 [ref. 36612], Carneiro et al. 2019:197 [ref. 37250], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:95 [ref. 36864], Kovačić et al. 2020:29 [ref. 37519], Abliazov et al. 2021:9 [ref. 38576], Kovačić et al. 2021:51 [ref. 39014], Niță et al. 2022:29 [ref. 40471]). Current status: Valid as Atherina hepsetus Linnaeus 1758. Atherinidae: Atherininae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; Black Sea; eastern Atlantic: Galicia (Spain) south to Morocco, including Madeira and Canary Islands; introduced elsewhere. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

hepsetus, Clupea Martens [G. M. von] 1824:412 [Reise nach Venedig.; ref. 17602] Venice, Italy, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea). Based on several other sources. Current status: Unknown. Atherinidae: Atherininae. Habitat: brackish.

hyalosoma, Atherina Cocco [A.] 1885 [Naturalista Siciliano [Il Naturalista Siciliano, Giornale di scienze naturali] v. 5; ref. 867] Messina, Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. No types known. •Tentatively a synonym of Atherina boyeri Risso 1810 -- (Kiener & Spillmann 1973:577 [ref. 7217], Kottelat 1997:159 [ref. 22952]). •Synonym of Atherina boyeri Risso 1810 -- (Miller 2003:47 [ref. 27342], de Morais et al. 2016:2115 [ref. 34600]). Current status: Synonym of Atherina boyeri Risso 1810. Atherinidae: Atherininae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

lacustris, Atherina Bonaparte [C. L.] 1836:fasc. 17-18, punt.91, Pl. 118 (fig. 3) [Iconografia della fauna italica; ref. 4892] Lakes Albano, Castel Gandolfo and Nemi, Italy. Syntypes: ANSP 9953-74 (22). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:23 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Atherina boyeri Risso 1810 -- (Kiener & Spillmann 1973:576 [ref. 7217], Maugé 1990:604 [ref. 17126], Kottelat 1997:158 [ref. 22952], Miller 2003:47 [ref. 27342], de Morais et al. 2016:2115 [ref. 34600]). Current status: Synonym of Atherina boyeri Risso 1810. Atherinidae: Atherininae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

lagunae, Atherina Trabelsi [M.], Faure [E.], Quignard [J.-P.], Boussaïd [M.], Focant [B.] & Mâamouri [F.] 2002:974 [Comptes Rendus Biologies v.. 325; ref. 27460] Lagoons in western Mediterranean Sea. Not available, no type specimens established (Art. 72.3) -- see Kottelat & Freyhof 2009:83 [ref. 30320]. •Invalid as Atherina lagunae Trabelsi, Faure, Quignard, Boussaïd, Focant & Mâamouri 2002 -- (Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:470 [ref. 29996], Kottelat & Freyhof 2009:82 [ref. 30320]). •In the synonymy of Atherina boyeri Risso 1810 -- (Kottelat & Freyhof 2009:83 [ref. 30320], Vasil'eva 2017:792 [ref. 35714]). Current status: Synonym of Atherina boyeri Risso 1810. Atherinidae: Atherininae.

lopeziana, Atherina Rossignol [M.] & Blache [J.] 1961:291, Fig. 2 [Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 2) v. 33 (no. 3); ref. 9375] Point Clairette, northern of Cape Lopez, Gabon. Syntypes: MNHN 1961-0311 (16). Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1971:707 [ref. 21541]. •Valid as Atherina lopeziana Rossignol & Blache 1961 -- (Maugé 1990:605 [ref. 17126], Afonso et al. 1999:83 [ref. 25466], Wirtz et al. 2007:27 [ref. 30263], Wirtz et al. 2013:120 [ref. 32972], de Morais et al. 2016:2117 [ref. 34600], Moreno-Borges et al. 2019:[3] [ref. 37107], Reiner 2019:130 [ref. 38139], Fermon et al. 2022:251 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Atherina lopeziana Rossignol & Blache 1961. Atherinidae: Atherininae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Ghana south to Gabon, including Cape Verde Islands, and São Tomé and Principe. Habitat: marine.

mochon, Atherina Cuvier [G.] 1829:235 [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] Ivaça. Lectotype: MNHN A-4355. Paralectotypes: MNHN B-2631 (3), A-4353 (3). Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1971:707-708 [ref. 21541]. Also appeared in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1835:434, Pl. 304 [ref. 1004]. Lectotype selected by Blanc & Hureau 1971:707 [ref. 21541]. •Valid as Atherina mochon Cuvier 1829 -- (Berg 1949:1001 [ref. 20662], Miller 2003:45 [ref. 27342] in subgenus Hepsetia, Vasil'eva 2017:799 [ref. 35714]). •Synonym of Atherina boyeri Risso 1810 -- (Kiener & Spillmann 1973:576 [ref. 7217], Maugé 1986:277 [ref. 6218], Maugé 1990:604 [ref. 17126], Vasil'eva 1994: 618 [ref. 32016], Vasil'eva 1996: 203 [ref. 32017], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:746 [ref. 24702], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:57 [ref. 26753], Miller 2003:47 [ref. 27342] but as valid on p. 45, Golani 2005:27 [ref. 37112], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:470 [ref. 29996], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:33 [ref. 36649], de Morais et al. 2016:2115 [ref. 34600], Golani 2021:30 [ref. 38303]). Current status: Synonym of Atherina boyeri Risso 1810. Atherinidae: Atherininae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

parvipinnis, Atherina Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1835:446 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 10; ref. 1004] Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Syntypes: MNHN A-0961 (3), SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 268 [ex MNHN -0961] (1). Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1971:708 [ref. 21541]. •Synonym of Atherina breviceps Valenciennes 1835 -- (Ivantsoff 1986:382 [ref. 6292]). Current status: Synonym of Atherina breviceps Valenciennes 1835. Atherinidae: Atherininae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

pontica, Atherina presbyter var. Eichwald [C. E. von] 1831:72 [Zoologia specialis quam expositis animalibus tum vivis Pars posterior [3]; ref. 5562] Lake Sasyk, Odessa Oblast, Kiliya district, Black Sea, Ukraine, 45°32'N. 29°39'E. Neotype: ZMMU P-22136. Also appeared as new in Eichward 1838:101 [ref. 34622], as Atherina pontica. Neotype designated by Vasil'eva 2017:800 [ref. 35714]. •Synonym of Atherina mochon Cuvier 1829, but a valid subspecies -- (Berg 1949:1001 [ref. 20662], Ninua & Japoshvili 2008:169 [ref. 31251]). •Synonym of Atherina boyeri Risso 1810, but a valid subspecies pontica -- (Reshetnikov et al. 1997:746 [ref. 24702], Sokolov 1998:108 [ref. 23571], Parin et al. 2014:192 [ref. 33547], de Morais et al. 2016:2115 [ref. 34600]). •Synonym of Atherina boyeri Risso 1810 -- (Kiener & Spillmann 1973:576 [ref. 7217], Vasil'eva 1994: 618 [ref. 32016], Vasil'eva 1996: 203 [ref. 32017], Kottelat 1997:158 [ref. 22952], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:57 [ref. 26753], Miller 2003:47 [ref. 27342], Vasil'eva 2017:800 [ref. 35714], Çiçek et al. 2024:337 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Synonym of Atherina boyeri Risso 1810. Atherinidae: Atherininae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

presbyter, Atherina Cuvier [G.] 1829:235 [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] Atlantic coasts of France. Lectotype: MNHN A-4337. Paralectotypes or non-types: MNHN A-4345 (4), A-4348 (2), A-4349 (4). Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1971:710 [ref. 21541]. Based on, "Duham. sect. VI, pl. iv, f. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 et 7." Also in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1835:439, Pl. 305 [ref. 1004]. Lectotype selected by Blanc & Hureau 1971:710 [ref. 21541]. •Valid as Atherina presbyter Cuvier 1829 -- (Kiener & Spillmann 1973:577 [ref. 7217], Quignard & Pras in Whitehead et al. 1986:1209 [ref. 13677], Maugé 1990:605 [ref. 17126], Santos et al. 1997:66 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:114 [ref. 24952], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:175 [ref. 26753], Falcón et al. 2003:145 [ref. 39343], Miller 2003:45 [ref. 27342] in subgenus Hepsetia, Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:470 [ref. 29996], Wirtz et al. 2013:120 [ref. 32972] as doubtful record, de Morais et al. 2016:2118 [ref. 34600], Vasil'eva 2017:795 [ref. 35714], Artüz & Fricke 2019:554 [ref. 36612], Carneiro et al. 2019:198 [ref. 37250], Moreno-Borges et al. 2019:[3] [ref. 37107], Bañón & Maño 2021:63 [ref. 38883], Kovačić et al. 2021:51 [ref. 39014]). Current status: Valid as Atherina presbyter Cuvier 1829. Atherinidae: Atherininae. Distribution: North Sea; western Mediterranean Sea (rare); eastern Atlantic: English Channel south to Mauritania, including Madeira. Habitat: brackish, marine.

punctata, Atherina Trabelsi [M.], Faure [E.], Quignard [J.-P.], Boussaïd [M.], Focant [B.] & Mâamouri [F.] 2002:973 [Comptes Rendus Biologies v.. 325; ref. 27460] Mediterranean Sea. Not available, no type specimens designated (Art. 72.3). Also preoccupied by Atherina punctata Bennett 1833. Later replaced by the also unavailable name Atherina punctuata. •Not available -- (Vasil'eva 2017:792 [ref. 35714]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Unknown. Atherinidae: Atherininae.

riqueti, Atherina Roule [L.] 1902:262, Figs. 1-4 [Zoologischer Anzeiger v. 25 (no. 667); ref. 14890] Canal du Midi, France. Syntypes: (2) MNHN. Additional material: MNHN 1908-0088 (5) 1908-0089 (5); USNM 57836 (1). Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1971:711 [ref. 21541]. •Synonym of Atherina boyeri Risso 1810 -- (Kiener & Spillmann 1973:577 [ref. 7217], Kottelat 1997:159 [ref. 22952], Miller 2003:47 [ref. 27342], de Morais et al. 2016:2115 [ref. 34600]). Current status: Synonym of Atherina boyeri Risso 1810. Atherinidae: Atherininae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

risso, Atherina Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1835:435 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 10; ref. 1004] Nice, France, northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Syntypes: (2) MNHN A-4350 (1). Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1971:711 [ref. 21541] with a holotype, but a skeleton was also involved. Atherina rissoi Günther 1861 is an unjustified emendation, but used by some later authors. •Synonym of Atherina boyeri Risso 1810 -- (Kiener & Spillmann 1973:576 [ref. 7217], Kottelat 1997:158 [ref. 22952], Miller 2003:47 [ref. 27342], de Morais et al. 2016:2115 [ref. 34600]). Current status: Synonym of Atherina boyeri Risso 1810. Atherinidae: Atherininae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

sarda, Atherina Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1835:435 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 10; ref. 1004] Salt marshes of Sardinia, Italy. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-4354. Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1971:711 [ref. 21541]. •Synonym of Atherina boyeri Risso 1810 -- (Kiener & Spillmann 1973:576 [ref. 7217], Kottelat 1997:158 [ref. 22952], Miller 2003:47 [ref. 27342], de Morais et al. 2016:2115 [ref. 34600]). Current status: Synonym of Atherina boyeri Risso 1810. Atherinidae: Atherininae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

sardinella, Atherina Fowler [H. W.] 1903:729, Pl. 41 (upper fig.) [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 55; ref. 1362] Italy. Holotype: ANSP 15397. Paratypes: (29) ANSP 15398-428 (31). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:24 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Atherina boyeri Risso 1810 -- (Kiener & Spillmann 1973:577 [ref. 7217], Maugé 1990:604 [ref. 17126], Miller 2003:47 [ref. 27342], de Morais et al. 2016:2115 [ref. 34600]). Current status: Synonym of Atherina boyeri Risso 1810. Atherinidae: Atherininae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

senegalensis, Atherina Cadenat [J.] & Delais [M.] 1962:2, Figs. 1-4 [ ref. 35068] Collected between algae near the beach of Joal, about 50 miles south of Dakar, Senegal. Syntypes: 20 specimens, whereabouts unknown. A missed species, brought to our attention by Libert Francois, Jan. 20, 2001. This reference apparently was not published in "Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire (Sér A) Sciences Naturelles" as with other publications. Appeared as "Publications des scientifiques d'IRD." Figures not included. Available publication? •Status uncertain, possibly a synonym of Atherina presbyter Cuvier 1829. Atherinidae: Atherininae. Distribution: Senegal. Habitat: marine.


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